The payment process is currently a one-way conversation between the customer and the merchant. Mobile is set to change that, according to a leading expert in mobile payments.

Companies are increasingly seeing the potential of mobile and how the medium can help build relationships between the brand and the consumer, especially during the holiday season. Here are some best-practice tips.

The world’s largest mobile commerce platform company has a bird’s-eye view of how brands, retailers and consumers are turning to smartphones and tablets for fulfilling searching, shopping and buying activity. Does Usablenet see a tipping point for mobile commerce on the horizon?

Rich banners and rich interstitials on the iPad are outperforming similar units on iOS and Android devices, according to a new in-application mobile rich media ad report from Medialets.

Google Search was the top destination among mobile sites, according to an April analysis of mobile behavior put together by market researcher Nielsen.

Signaling serious interest in the U.S. mobile payments market, banking and credit card giant Barclays has named a respected telecoms heavyweight to lead a local operation with a staff of 165 at launch.

Dazbog Coffee is expanding its mobile marketing program to 21 retail locations in Colorado and Wyoming after kicking off a smaller initiative six months ago.

Teen fashion retailer Pacific Sunwear of California Inc., better known as PacSun, has further bolstered its mobile credentials with the introduction of an iPhone application geared to handle everything from searching, shopping and buying.

A thorough analysis by the World Economic Forum, organizer of the famed show in Davos, shows that widespread adoption of mobile financial services has not been achieved due to structural issues and inadequate consumer participation.

BilltoMobile is set to introduce its payment service to let merchants process Web purchases on more than 200 wireless carriers worldwide.